Adolph Green - I Won't Grow Up lyrics

[Peter Pan, spoken] Are you ready for today's lesson? [Lost Boys, spoken] Yes sir! [Peter Pan, spoken] Then listen to your father And repeat after me (sung) I won't grow up [Lost Boys] I won't grow up [Peter Pan] I don't wanna go to school [Lost Boys] I don't wanna go to school [Peter Pan] Just to learn to be a parrot [Lost Boys] Just to learn to be a parrot [Peter Pan] And recite a silly rule [Lost Boys] And recite a silly rule [Peter Pan] If growing up means it would be Beneath my dignity to climb a tree [All] I'll never grow up Never grow up Never grow up [Peter Pan] Not me [John] Not I [Peter Pan] Not me [Lost Boys] Not me [Peter Pan] I won't grow up [Lost Boys] I won't grow up [Peter Pan] I don't wanna wear a tie [Lost Boys] I don't wanna wear a tie [Peter Pan] Or a serious expression [Lost Boys] Or a serious expression [Peter Pan] In the middle of July [Lost Boys] In the middle of July [Peter Pan] And if it means I must prepare The shoulder burdens with a worried air [All] I'll never grow up Never grow up Never grow up [Peter Pan] Not me [John] Not I [Lost Boys] Not me [Peter Pan] So there Never gonna be a man [Lost Boys] I won't [Peter Pan] I'd like to see somebody try [Lost Boys] And make me [Peter Pan] Anyone who wants a try and make me turn into a man Catch me if you can! [Lost Boy] I won't grow up [Lost Boys] I won't grow up [Lost Boy] I will never even try [Lost Boys] I will never even try [Lost Boy] I will do what Peter tells me [Lost Boys] I will do what Peter tells me [Peter Pan] And I'll never ask him why [Lost Boys] And I'll never ask him why [Peter Pan & Michael] We won't grow up [Lost Boys] We won't grow up [Peter Pan & Michael] We will never grow a day [Lost Boys] We will never grow a day [Peter Pan & Michael] And if someone tries to make us [Lost Boys] And if someone tries to make us [Peter Pan & Michael] We will simply run away [Lost Boys] We will simply run away [Slightly] I won't grow up [Lost Boys] I won't grow up [Slightly] No, I promise that I won't [Lost Boys] No, I promise that I won't [Slightly] I will stay a boy forever [Lost Boys] I will stay a boy forever [Peter Pan] And be banished if I don't [Lost Boys] And be banished if I don't [All] And Neverland will always be The home of grief and joy and liberty [Peter Pan] I'll-- [All] Never grow up Never grow up Never grow up [Lost Boys] Not me Not me Not I I won't [Peter Pan] No sir [All] Not me